Improvement in churn-powers



W. H. SWOGGER. Churn-Power.

No. 215.027. Patented May 6,1879.

5% frwenlori' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. SWOGGER, OF MERCER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEM ENT IN CHURN-POWERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,027, dated May 6,1879; application filed April 3, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Swoeenn, of the county of Mercer andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Churn Powers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, andin which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved churn-power, andlig. 2 is a horizontal section through the line as m of Fig. 1.

Corresponding parts in the two figures are denoted by like letters.

This invention relates to certain improvements in mechanism foroperating churns; and it consists in the employment of a wheel connectedto the lever, attached to the dasherstaff, and also connected to anoblique treadle or foot'lever, attached to a l1and-lever,substantiallyas hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A refers to an upright frame or support,mounted upon legs a a. B is a wheel, with its axis or shaft fastened inthe frame A. This wheel is of the ordinary fly or balance Wheel form,and is provided with a wrist-pin, b, which is adapted to be attached toeither spoke of the wheel or to other convenient point where the wheelis of disk form. C O are two arms or links, one being connected to thewrist-pin b of the wheel B and to the lever D,fulcrumed to or between abifurcated support or to other convenient point upon the frame" A. Tothe lever D is attached the churn-dasher. The arm 0 is also connected tothe wrist-pin b of the wheel B, and to one end of the oblique treadle orfootlever E, fulcrumed upon a screw-threaded connecting-bolt orcross-piece, d, at the lower end of the frame or support A. The treadleor foot-lever E may be held to its place upon the bolt or cross-piece dbetween nuts (1' d. To the treadle or lever E is also connected, by abar or arm, F, a hand-lever, Gr, pivoted to the frame A.

This arrangement of the parts may be varied as convenience and taste maydictate without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The operator, by grasping with the hand the hand-lever G and moving itup and down, it will be observed, will impart a greatly- -acceleratedmotion to the dasher-operating lever, thus expediting the churning ofthe cream or the contents of the churn.

By omitting the arm F and hand-lever G it will be seen that themechanism can be operated or the power applied by foot.

The lever-support of the lever D is adapted to be shortened orlengthened, to vary the leverage, as occasion may require.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination, with the wheel B and itswrist-pin, of the arms 0 0, connected thereto and to thedasher-operating lever D, and to the oblique treadle or foot-lever E,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the wheel B and its wrist-pin, of the arms C G,lever D, oblique treadle or foot-lever E, arm F, and handlever G,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

WM. H. SWOGGER.

Witnesses CARRIE MOORE, NOAH A. SEWALL.

